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JOB MILLER, OF WARREN, vRHODE ISLAND, AND JASON A. BIDWELL,

OF EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Leim Patent No. 61,630, ma January 29, 1867.

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Beit known that we, JOB MILLER, of Warren, Bristol county, State of Rhode Islandand JASGN A. BID WELL, of East Boston, Suffolk county, State of Massachusetts, have, invented certain new and useful Improvements in VKnittm,1g-:Needles and we do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are sufii'cient to enable any'person skilled inthe art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use our said invention or-improvements without further invention or experiment.

The nature of \our invention consists in a stitch-caster, hung orfastened to the rear end of the shank of a hooked needle; and in a cam arranged between the' shank of the needle and the shank of the stitch-caster, to raise the latter at the proper time to cast the stitch andlet it drop so that the yarn maybe fed to the hook ot' the needle; and in making the stitch-.caster to spring in one direction after being worked by a. cam in the opposite direction. In the accompanying drawingsvI-.ligure 1 is an elevation of a hooked knitting-needle with our improvements.

Figure 2 is an edge view; and A Figure 3 is Vthe section of agrooved needle-plate in which the needles traverse in knitting,

In these drawings, A is the needle-bar or shank-,made of steel-'in the form shown in the drawings, or ili 'euch other form as will answerl the purpose, and its rear end projects up atB, at a right angle, to cuter tire groove'in the cam that works the needle. v This bar'and the needle C, with its hook, may all be made in one piece, but we prefer to make them' separate, and cut a. notch in thel end of the bar at D, and insert the real' end of the needle and solder it in. The bar` or shank E of r the stitch-caster may be made with the needle-bar and of the same piece, but We prefer to make it separate ,inthe form shown in the drawing, and insert its rear end in a notch in the needle-bar, shown by dotted lines in fig. 1 at F, and solder it in. vThe bar E has a boss or projection, G, on its under side, against which boss the cam H works 'or acts at the proper time to raise the,

stitch-'caster I up against theV point of the hook, and hold lit there until the stitchv is cast of, and then let itdr'op, so that the yarn canv bejfedto the hook bythe yarnvcarrier to form a new stitch. The stitch-caster I and its shank E may both be made in one piece, but we prefer to make theni in-separate pieces and insert the rearend of the caster in a notch in the end of the shank and solder it in, as shown by dotted lines in tig'. 1. The 'cam H'may be made in the form shown or in such other form-as will answer the purpose, and is held in position by a. rod or bar passing through the hole in it, while the needle is traversed backwards and forwards cn it, and as the projection G passes o of the cam, it springs down, the end of the caster entering the groove in the needle under thehook,I shown by dotted line in iig. 1; There is a groovel in the upper side of the end of the stitch-l caster which receives the point of the needle-hook when the caster is raisedto cast o the stitch. I

We claim a spring stitch-caster hung or fastened to the` shank or bar of a hooked needle, in rear of the eam'that lifts it.

We claim a cam arranged .between the, shank of Athe needle and the shank of the stitch-caster to raise the stitch-caster at the proper time to cast the stitch, and then let it drop so that the yarn may be fed to the hook of the needle.,

We claim -a stitch-caster made to spring in one 'direction after being worked by a sliding cam H inthe opposite direction.

Jon Manna, JASON n. Browsen...l

Witnesses: Y

GEo.,H. SUnGnNs, HENRY ILLUTHER.' 

